A sequel to domestic differences in-an Avenue Joffre—famil heard at the U, S. Commi Court on Wednesday, when Clifford, tax collector, appeared be-Lurton upon charges of drunkenness and using vile and obscene language, Defendant's wife said that when hho was shaving in their home at 312, Avenue Joffre, he began to abuse her, used obscene language, threatened to cut her throat and' pulled her about by the hair.
The husband denied this, and said that while he was shaving his wife began to abuse him, so that he said, "What are you trying to do? Make me cut my throat?" and at that she threw back her head and told him to cut her throat.
Catherine, the 12 year-old daugh ter of Mrs. Elrod by her previous husband, was called and corroborate ed her thother's evidence, find you guilty of using vile and obscene Language in the preence of women," said the Commis sioner addressing defendant, "I miss the charge of drunkenne it has not been proved.
The testi-many given here of your conduct is lo, expecially in the presence of a little iti like Cathe fine, a child of tender age in whose] presence even a arranger is charged with the highest degree of care for the language he uses. While not your daughter, you are more or less guardian over her and over her conduct. The language which it is charged you used is bad enough if spoken in the presence of men, but especially inexcusable in these citcumstances. For this reason T am inclined to give you the full penalty. If this matter were just between you and your wife I might leave it for you to settle yourselves; but a third party enters into it, and the third party being a child of tender age, the law must protect the child. For this reason I give you the extreme penalty which the law imposes for an infraction of this kind, A fine of G.$25 and the cos to be more careful of your conduct in the presence of this little child.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.